An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest.
"Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Friday, March 10, 2006

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away

Music is a very important part of my life, and I am missing my dad right now, so I dreamt a dream described by this song. At the end, I think all he recognized was my voice.

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town(Lyrics by Eddie Vedder)

I seem to recognize your faceHaunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place itCannot find the candle of thought to light your nameLifetimes are catching up with meAll these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the placeBut no one's ever taken meHearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

I swear I recognize your breathMemories like fingerprints are slowly raisingMe you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my formerIt's hard when you're stuck up on the shelfI changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fatePerhaps that's what no one wants to seeI just want to scream...hello...My God it's been so long, never dreamed you'd returnBut now here you are, and here I amHearts and thoughts they fade away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... Hearts and thoughts they fade...fade away...Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... Hearts and thoughts they fade...

What's On the Bookshelf? (And stacked on the floor, and in the loo, and next to my bed, and in my backpack....)

Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

The Stripping of the Altars, by Eamonn Duffy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher

The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde

Columbine, by Dave Cullen

The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins

Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner

Random Thoughts

"Read-ity read read read."-- The Ramblin' Educat

"Personally, I think for democracy to exist, opposition is key. History seems to bear that out. One sign you're doing a good job is when the only argument the extablishment can muster is "shut up" and variations on that theme.-- NYC Educator

"The only thing worse than having no taste is having no shame."-- via Mamacita

"The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is because you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery & Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment."-- Molly Ivins (via Mike in Texas!)

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."-- Dean Wormer, Animal House

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."-- John Steinbeck